The most current partisan attacks on Supreme Court nominees began with the nomination of Robert Bork and continued with the contentious and acrimonious hearings for Justice Thomas. What happened to Judge Garland's nomination was unique, but it was one in a line of partisan actions against nominee's to the Court from both sides of the aisle. Actually the contentiousness goes back to the Senate's rejection of President George Washington's nomination of South Carolina's John Rutledge to be Chief Justice of the United States. But let's stick to more current times.
Whether or not they were justified depends more these days on where one sits politically than actual facts, but here we are. I have concerns about how the current situation is being handled concerning the demands for Justice Thomas to recuse himself or even resign, for the alleged actions or statements of his wife. The situation differs greatly from Judge Jackson saying she would voluntarily recuse herself from a situation she was personally involved in. Here we are demanding a sitting Justice recuse himself for the alleged actions or statements of another. There are many ethical and legal questions to be considered for Justice Thomas to recuse himself. Too many for this comment.
Today, a number of our fellow citizens are losing faith in our institutions and trust in the people who are supposed to be serving their nation and the people. It is indeed a challenging and dangerous time when one of those institutions is the Supreme Court of the United Sates..
The most current partisan attacks on Supreme Court nominees began with the nomination of Robert Bork and continued with the contentious and acrimonious hearings for Justice Thomas. What happened to Judge Garland's nomination was unique, but it was one in a line of partisan actions against nominee's to the Court from both sides of the aisle. Actually the contentiousness goes back to the Senate's rejection of President George Washington's nomination of South Carolina's John Rutledge to be Chief Justice of the United States. But let's stick to more current times.
Whether or not they were justified depends more these days on where one sits politically than actual facts, but here we are. I have concerns about how the current situation is being handled concerning the demands for Justice Thomas to recuse himself or even resign, for the alleged actions or statements of his wife. The situation differs greatly from Judge Jackson saying she would voluntarily recuse herself from a situation she was personally involved in. Here we are demanding a sitting Justice recuse himself for the alleged actions or statements of another. There are many ethical and legal questions to be considered for Justice Thomas to recuse himself. Too many for this comment.
Today, a number of our fellow citizens are losing faith in our institutions and trust in the people who are supposed to be serving their nation and the people. It is indeed a challenging and dangerous time when one of those institutions is the Supreme Court of the United Sates..
You could have stopped after the first sentence of the Hummer piece 😀.
I totally agree with you. I am supremely disappointed in the current make up of the Court.